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Amber Rudd resigns as British home secretary 00:35
(CNN)UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd stepped down Sunday because she
"inadvertently misled" a government committee about deportation quotas for
immigrants, she said in a resignation letter obtained by CNN.
The Home Affairs Select Committee questioned Rudd last week over quotas
for removal of the Windrush generation, the first large group of Caribbean
migrants to arrive in the UK after World War II.
Rudd told the committee she had no knowledge of quotas. However, The
Guardian on Sunday published a memo written by Rudd in which she said
deportation quotas had been set.
"Since appearing before the Select Committee, I have reviewed the advice I
was given on this issue and become aware of information provided to my
office which makes mention of targets. I should have been aware of this,
and I take full responsibility for the fact that I was not," Rudd said in
the letter.
Prime Minister Theresa May accepted Rudd's resignation, writing: "I was
very sorry to receive it, but understand your reasons for doing so."
May's government recently said the Home Office destroyed landing documents
for Caribbean immigrants, meaning some of them and their children faced
deportation after decades living in Britain because they don't have the
correct paperwork.
May apologized to Caribbean leaders for any "anxiety" caused by the
records destruction, which occurred when she was home secretary under the
previous administration.
May served as home secretary from 2010 to 2016 under Prime Minister David
Cameron.
Rudd also apologized and told the House of Commons the UK would work to
ensure citizenship for the Windrush generation.
The Windrush Generation came to symbolize the seismic demographic changes
that took place in post-war Britain, when hundreds of thousands of people
came to the United Kingdom from former British colonies, known as the
Commonwealth.
But in recent years, successive British governments have sought to appear
tough on illegal immigration, and their descendants are now struggling to
prove a citizenship status they previously took for granted.
Political struggles
Rudd's resignation may further weaken May's government.
The prime minister doesn't have a majority in the UK parliament and is
struggling with Brexit negotiations.
Blame on Sunday was quickly directed toward May. Tom Watson, the deputy
leader of the Labour Party, tweeted: "I see Amber Rudd is carrying the can
for the person originally responsible for this scandal - Theresa May."
Tom Watson
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2:21 PM - Apr 29, 2018
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Rudd was appointed home secretary in July 2016. She previously served in
the government as secretary of state for energy and climate change,
parliamentary under secretary of state for climate change and assistant
government whip.
Rudd has been a member of Parliament since 2010, though she won her
constituency in Hastings and Rye by only a few hundred votes in 2017.
May shook up her cabinet last January, but Rudd and other major figures
kept their jobs.
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Amber Rudd resigns as British home secretary 00:35
(CNN)UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd stepped down Sunday because she
"inadvertently misled" a government committee about deportation quotas for
immigrants, she said in a resignation letter obtained by CNN.
The Home Affairs Select Committee questioned Rudd last week over quotas
for removal of the Windrush generation, the first large group of Caribbean
migrants to arrive in the UK after World War II.
Rudd told the committee she had no knowledge of quotas. However, The
Guardian on Sunday published a memo written by Rudd in which she said
deportation quotas had been set.
"Since appearing before the Select Committee, I have reviewed the advice I
was given on this issue and become aware of information provided to my
office which makes mention of targets. I should have been aware of this,
and I take full responsibility for the fact that I was not," Rudd said in
the letter.
Prime Minister Theresa May accepted Rudd's resignation, writing: "I was
very sorry to receive it, but understand your reasons for doing so."
May's government recently said the Home Office destroyed landing documents
for Caribbean immigrants, meaning some of them and their children faced
deportation after decades living in Britain because they don't have the
correct paperwork.
May apologized to Caribbean leaders for any "anxiety" caused by the
records destruction, which occurred when she was home secretary under the
previous administration.
May served as home secretary from 2010 to 2016 under Prime Minister David
Cameron.
Rudd also apologized and told the House of Commons the UK would work to
ensure citizenship for the Windrush generation.
The Windrush Generation came to symbolize the seismic demographic changes
that took place in post-war Britain, when hundreds of thousands of people
came to the United Kingdom from former British colonies, known as the
Commonwealth.
But in recent years, successive British governments have sought to appear
tough on illegal immigration, and their descendants are now struggling to
prove a citizenship status they previously took for granted.
Political struggles
Rudd's resignation may further weaken May's government.
The prime minister doesn't have a majority in the UK parliament and is
struggling with Brexit negotiations.
Blame on Sunday was quickly directed toward May. Tom Watson, the deputy
leader of the Labour Party, tweeted: "I see Amber Rudd is carrying the can
for the person originally responsible for this scandal - Theresa May."
Tom Watson
?
@tom_watson
I see Amber Rudd is carrying the can for the person originally
responsible for this scandal - Theresa May.
2:21 PM - Apr 29, 2018
3,873
1,694 people are talking about this
Twitter Ads info and privacy
Rudd was appointed home secretary in July 2016. She previously served in
the government as secretary of state for energy and climate change,
parliamentary under secretary of state for climate change and assistant
government whip.
Rudd has been a member of Parliament since 2010, though she won her
constituency in Hastings and Rye by only a few hundred votes in 2017.
May shook up her cabinet last January, but Rudd and other major figures
kept their jobs.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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